Switch between different languages by setting the proofing language

If you create documents in several Latin-based languages, such as English, French, and German, and quickly switch between the languages while working, setting the proofing language of text as you type lets you check the spelling of text in the languages that you are using when you are done creating the document.

Which Office 2010 program are you using?

Access

If you are using a keyboard layout that contains all the characters that you need, or if you know the ASCII codes for the special characters that are not in the keyboard layout, you can type the text that you want. To set the language in Access, you can type the text that you want, select it, and then set its proofing language. To check the spelling, you can switch the dictionary to that language.

Open an Access database.

Start typing.

Note To type characters, such as the umlaut in German (ö), the tilde in Spanish (ñ), the cedilla in Turkish (Ç), or even a symbol, such as a check mark, do one of the following

If you want to change the language of a database to check the spelling, do the following:

Open an Access database.

Click the File tab.

Under Help, click Options.

Click Language.

In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, in the Editing Language list, select the editing language, and then click Set as Default.

Important This changes the default editing language for all the Microsoft Office programs.

When you next check the database's spelling by clicking Spelling on the Home tab, you can change the dictionary language in the Spelling dialog box, and then check the database's records for each language that is contained in the database. You need to repeat this step for each language in the database.

Change the dictionary language to match the language of the worksheet text

To change the language of a workbook to check the spelling, do the following:

Open an Excel workbook.

Click the File tab.

Under Help, click Options.

Click Language.

In the Set the Office Language Preferences dialog box, in the Editing Language list, select the editing language, and then click Set as Default.

Important This changes the default editing language for all the Microsoft Office programs.

When you next check the workbook’s spelling by clicking Spelling on the Home tab, you can change the dictionary language in the Spelling dialog box, and then check the workbook for each language that is contained in it. You need to repeat this step for each language in the workbook.

InfoPath

InfoPath Designer

Important In the InfoPath Designer, Set Proofing Language applies to the current form view. Forms with multiple views can have different proofing languages for each view. The proofing language applies to the entire view. All text in the view is marked as the same language.

To change the language of a form, do the following:

On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow under Spelling, and then click Set Proofing Language.

In the Language dialog box, click the language that you want.

Start typing.

Notes To type characters, such as the umlaut in German (ö), the tilde in Spanish (ñ), the cedilla in Turkish (Ç), or even a symbol, such as a check mark, do one of the following: